Wall cabinet mounting



Juy 4? 1933. s. HAMMER WALL CABINET MOUNTING Filed Jan. 22, 1952[2072110] Hamme;a

' flu' M 2 ,U30 A n .l L2 l. WM figur# mmg/ Cil Patented `lluly 4, 1933UNIT En .STATES PATENT OFFICE A SAMUEL HAMMER, OF BROOKLYN,v NEW YORK,lASYIlGrNOl-t TOv UNITED METAL BOK CO.

INC., F. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A` CORPORATION OF NEW YORK WALL CABINETMOUNTING Application filed January 22, 1932.-4 Serial No.'588v,082.

This invention relates to awall-.cabinet mounting, and has for itsgeneral yobject and purpose to provide means whereby cabinets,

such as may be provided for housing clothes dryers or other householdconveniences or accessories may be easily, quickly and securely mountedupon the face of the room wall.

1 More particularly, the important objectof my invention is to provide amounting Vfor cabinets of vertically elongated shape or form Y embodyingvertically spaced supporting members for attachment to the face of theroom wall, and means on the rear side wall of the cabinet at its upperand lower ends to cooperate with the respectivesupportmg members, one ofsaid means being of such con-V struction as to permit of a lateraladjustment of the cabinet so as to dispose the same in a trulyperpendicular position onthe :tacev of the wall, notwithstanding'theiact`that s aid supporting members may be out of vertical alignment witheach other. Y

, It is a further detail object of the invention in one of its practicalembodiments to provide the cabinet supporting members in the form ofthreaded studs with means permanently connecting Ythe studs in spacedapart relation to each other, and whereby the said studs may be securelyattached to the face of the wall, each of the studs being'provided witha clamping nut, in combination with the cabinet having its rear wallprovided at its upper and lower ends with suitably shaped or formedslots or openingsthrough which the studs with thenuts thereon maypass,and one of said openings permitting oit' a-lateraladjustment of thecabinet at one end. Thus after accurately disposing the cabinet in itsperpendicular position, by adjustment and tightening the nuts againstthe rear wall of the'cabinet, saidwall at its margi-v nal edge may beforced into tightfrictional contact-against the wall face.v

Y My invention also comprehends the provision of a very simple andinexpensive mounting Jfor such wall cabinets which may be furnished withthe cabinet without appreciably increasing its manufacturing or sellingprice, and which admits of the easy and quick attachment of saidmountingmeans upon either a wooden or non-lireproof wall oruponafireproof wall structure, as the case may be, with the adequate securityfor rigidity supporting the cabinet and the device or apparatuscontained therein upon the face of the wall.

several parts, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, illustratedinthe accompanying drawing and subsequently Vincorporated in the subjoinedclaim.

In the drawing wherein I have disclosed one simple and practicalembodiment of the device, and in rwhich similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding partsy throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the rear side of the wall cabinetand my improved mounting therefor attached to the face ofthe buildingwall;

Fig. 2 is a vertical fragmentary sectional view on kthe enlarged scaletaken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Y

Fig. 3 is a. fragmentary front interior elevation showing the cabinetmounted .upon the wall face, and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the'line4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 generally designates a cabinet ofvertically elongated rectangular form, such for instance as 'that whichI provide for the purpose of the assurance of adequate support for thecomparatively heavy cabinet structurel and its contents, so that itwould not loosen and pull away from the wall. Thel purpose, therefore,of my present invention is to provide a mounting which will obviate thisdifc iculty and enable the home owner or householder to easily, quicklyand securely mount the cabinet in accurate perpendicular position uponthe wall face withthe assurance of adequate support therefor, andwithout greatly defacing the wall structure, so'that whennecessary thecabinet withits mount-V ing means can be readily removed and transportedtoa newlocation with the other household goods of the owner. l

With the above end in view, my present structure the attachin@ screwsindicated atl 10 are inserted through selected openings 9 inthe plate l,which are in line with the wood laths of the building wall. On the otherhand, when the cabinet is to be mounted upon a fireproof wall, expansionscrews of any desiredv standard type are employed. A clamping nut 11 isprovided for each ofthe threaded studs 6. l

The rear wall of the body of thecabinet 5` has its inner area depressedor off-set as indicated at 12l from the plane of the outer marginal'wall face engaging portion 14' of' said cabinet wall. l rear wall of thecabinet body provides a recess,- accommodating` the attaching plates 7,and the connecting strip 8 extending therebetween.

The part'12 ofthe cabinet wall is provided near its upper end andcentrally between the side edges of said wall with a keyhole slot 15having the circularlyenlarged lower end 16.. At its lower end, and inalignment with the slot 15, the cabinet wall is vprovided with thecircular opening 17 which is ink communication at the upper sidethereof, as shown at 18, with the central portion of a horizontallyextending slot 19. f Y

Assuming that the spaced studs 6, with the nuts 11. thereon, have beenattached to the face of the wall, in mounting the cabinet, therespective upper and lower studs and the nuts areI passed through thelarge lower end 16 of the keyhole slot 15 and the opening 17 intherearwall of the cabinet body. The cabinet is then lowered until the upperstud 6 engages the upper end of the slot 15, at

which time the lower stud 6 is'positioned loosely through thehorizontalslot 19. If,

' as may frequently be the case, in attaching the spaced plates 7having' the studs 6 to the face of the wall, the studs do not-happen tolbe inexact vertical alignment with each other, the lower end ofthecabinet may then f be shifted laterally in either direction relative tothe lower stud 6 'until the cabinet is disposed in the desired*perpendicularl posi- This depression of thev the cabinet body, therebyurging vthe margin-y or accidentalV contact with the edges of thecabinet body.

From the above description considered in connection with theaccompanyingy drawing, it will be seen that I have devised a Verysimplemeans whereby such cabinets may be quickly and accurately mounted uponthe face of the building wall with a minimum of manual labor', bothinthe attachment of said means to the face of the wall `and in themounting of the cabinet thereon'. By permanently connectingv thesupporting studs for thecabinet in spaced relation to each other in themanner above explained, the means fory mounting the cabinet may betemporarily and removably attached to the rear cabinet wall forconvenience in shipment and' transportation, the attachingvplate 7 andconnecting strip 8 being held within the recess of the rear cabinetwall' by means of the nuts 11, and; possible separation andloss of theparts of the mounting thus obviated. However, it will be understoodthat, if de-` sired, these studs maybe secured to the opposite ends of ametal strip of uniform width, or they may be carried by separate andindependent attaching plates. Also, in other detail respects, myinvention, as herein disclosed, may be susceptible of more or less.modification or change, and it is therefore to be understood thatinpractice, I r'e-V servel the privilege of embodying the`essential?featuresof the 'present disclosure in such `other alternative structuralforms as may be fairly incorporated within the spirit and scope of theyappended claim.

I claim: Y Y

An elongated cabinet adapted to be mounted upon vertically spaced studsVprojecting from the face of .a wall, said cabinet includ@ ing a rearwall having avertically extending slot at its upper end to receive oneof said stud-s, and said cabinet wall at its lower end being providedwith an opening and a hori- Zontal slot centrally communicating with theupper side of said lopening to receive the other of saidv st'udsrand topermit ofthelateral adjustment of the latter end of the cabinet relativeto said stud, whereby the cabinet may be'perpendicularly positioned uponthe wall face when the'studs are vertically disaligned..

In testimony that I claiml the foregoingas my invention, -I have lsignedmy name hereto.

SAMUEL HAMMER; i

